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Uptown "up to date" restaurant

Restaurant recommendation for six people -- four Manhattan dwellers, and two suburbanites coming in from Westchester. The Westchesties want to go to "one of those new, trendy up to date restaurants." We are forty-somethings, married with kids, like good service, comfortable surroundings, nothing too elbow-to-elbow or rough around the edges, and preferably uptown UES OR UWS. Recommendations?

Another UWS option is Picholine. Though it is hardly new, at the end of last year, they completely renovated the interior, giving it a more up-to-date look (instead of the previous quite traditional decor) and revamped the menu as well.